By: Co-Editor, Bobby B:

Bollywood is an informal and sometimes misleading term. It correctly refers to the Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai, India. However, it is often used to refer to the Indian film industry as a whole.

Now comes a one of a kind initiative to blend the two largest cinema cultures in the world-TheScreenplayWriters.com. TheScreenplayWriters.com was launched in July 31, 2009 and is based in New York and Kolkata.

Whether you need a screenplay writer for a Hollywood or Bollywood project, TheScreenplayWriters.com has the talent you need to complete your next screenplay or treatment. TheScreenplayWriters.com is a bridge between the American and Indian film industries.

As part of their team they have screenplay writers for director John McTiernan (Die Hard, Predator), indie award-winners (including Best Screenplay at Telluride Indiefest) and hit Bollywood movie screenplay writers (Phir Hera Pheri, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, No Entry and Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha). Past clients of their writers include TriStar Productions, HBO, Turner, BBC and the National Geographic Channel.

They provide screenplay writers to handle a variety of budgets. Utilizing resources from both places, they provide a cost-effective solution for a Hollywood writer or Bollywood writer. We also provide script consultant services for screenplay writers looking to cater to either or both markets.

TheScreenplayWriters.com brings together the best and brightest talents from around the world, specializing in Indian and American cinemas. Co-founders Pinaki Ghosh (author, screenwriter and CEO of Writer4me.com, a top-ranked ghostwriting service) and Nick Blake (writer, traveler, screenwriter and anthropologist) developed the idea after months of brainstorming following the success of “Slumdog Millionaire.” Both partners recognized the need for an internationally-minded screenplay writer’s marketplace to inform the growth of globally-marketed cinema.

So if you have an idea for a movie or an unfinished screenplay contact TheScreenplayWriters.com.

By: Co-Editor, Bobby B:

We do not usually discuss the arts on this blog but here is an announcement that came across my desk that I feel is of great interest to the entrepreneurial community.

On October 13, 2009, 50 Eggs Productions, an independent film company, today a announced major partnership with AMC Entertainment Inc. (AMC), which will exclusively release the production company’s newest film TEN9EIGHT: Shoot for the Moon during Global Entrepreneurship Week. The film is expected to draw national and international attention to and its message about the life-changing power of teaching entrepreneurship to kids from the inner city. TEN9EIGHT, whose title refers to the fact that every nine seconds a kid drops out of a U.S. high school, is especially timely given the an economic recession and a dropout crisis, in which ways must be found to engage youth.

The film, which is produced and directed by award winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio, chronicles the inspirational stories of several teens from low-income communities – many of whom are on the bubble: on the verge of dropping out, joining a gang, or worse.
These students enroll in a course at school - an innovative program that teaches these students how to become entrepreneurs. They learn how to read a balance sheet and how to start a business. 24,000 of these students, from Harlem to Compton (and all points in between) then enter a nationwide business plan competition run by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE).
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